EPA Sites Documentation

Purpose

Access the location or locations of brownfield or superfund sites that are within proximity of a subject property. This is useful during property due diligence activities or understanding potential risk around a property. 

EPA Sites OAS Specification

Superfund sites

As per the EPA, Superfund sites or National Priorities List (NPL) sites with significant hazardous waste contamination that the EPA prioritizes for cleanup. The EPA's Superfund program manages cleanup and responds to environmental emergencies. 

Brownfield sites

As per the EPA, Brownfield sites are underutilized properties that may be contaminated, hindering their reuse. Brownfields may be less contaminated than Superfund sites and are designated based on perceived contamination.

Features

• Return a superfund or brownfield site record by address.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a geometry WKT with an optional buffer unit and distance.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a LightBox Parcel {{glossary.LightBox ID}}.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a LightBox Assessment {{glossary.LightBox ID}}.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a LightBox Address {{glossary.LightBox ID}}.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a LightBox Structure {{glossary.LightBox ID}}.
• Return a superfund or brownfield site record using a LightBox Site {{glossary.LightBox ID}}.
• This API supports tile and bounding box map display in addition to your favorite map control.

API Requests

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects by 'ID.'

GET /epas/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/us/brownfield/NOATAK FORMER DUMPSITE

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query by Geometry

Query for superfund or brownfield records based on a geometry represented as a well-known text (WKT) string.

• POINT(-122.40317865990883 45.585729937697515)
• LINESTRING (-122.40581795357949 45.58497908445598,-122.40325376176125 45.58627054581282)
• POLYGON ((-122.4032877944377 45.58629457984625,-122.40264406427413 45.585697658341736,-122.40184476598769 45.58610686936547,-122.40244558080703 45.586688769812724,-122.4032877944377 45.58629457984625))

GET /epas/us/{type}/geometry

Example requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/us/{type}/geometry?wkt=POINT%28-117.852723%2033.63799%29&bufferDistance=50&bufferUnit=m

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/us/brownfield/geometry?wkt=POINT%28-117.852723%2033.63799%29&bufferDistance=50&bufferUnit=m

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects Related to a Structure Record.

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield objects related to a structure using the LightBox Structure 'ID.'

GET /epas/_on/structure/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/structure/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/structure/us/brownfield/0500F9G87XG0NEK51ZQHJR

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects Related to an Assessment Record.

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield objects related to as assessment using the LightBox Assessment 'ID.'

GET /epas/_on/assessment/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/assessment/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/assessment/us/brownfield/030022BT8WGISNVQJIEW54

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects Related to an Address Record.

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield objects related to an address using the LightBox Address 'ID.'

GET /epas/_on/address/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/address/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/address/us/brownfield/0606ZGPRLD5KGWFYRD7QH9

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects Related to a Site Record.

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield objects related to a site using the LightBox Site 'ID.'

GET /epas/_on/site/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/site/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/site/us/brownfield/09033U15BDJ3RUUOQWWNWV

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield Objects Related to a Parcel Record.

Query EPA Superfund or Brownfield objects related to a parcel using the LightBox Parcel 'ID.'

GET /epas/_on/parcel/us/{type}/{id}

Example Requests

curl -X GET -H ‘x-api-key: (api_key)’ https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/parcel/us/{type}/{id}

https://api.lightboxre.com/v1/epas/_on/parcel/us/brownfield/0201MABNPDBU5D2EGP08YA

Parameters

Response

Media type: application/json

API Response

For each endpoint other than the tile requests the response will stay consistent. 

{
  "$ref": "string",
  "$metadata": {
    "geogcs": {
      "epsg": "4326"
    }
  },
  "epas": [
    {
      "$ref": "string",
      "id": "AKD004904215",
      "name": "NOATAK FORMER DUMPSITE",
      "epaId": "AKD004904215",
      "status": "Active",
      "date": "string",
      "location": {
        "representativePoint": {
          "longitude": 0,
          "latitude": 0,
          "geometry": {
            "wkt": "POINT(-117.852723 33.63799)"
          }
        },
        "geometry": {
          "wkt": "POINT(-117.852723 33.63799)"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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